Reply #2: That's unfortunate! [View All]

[OKIsItJustMe]

That's going to happen when a number of companies are attempting to develop competing technologies. Some technologies will work. Some won't.

Here's some painful irony from the Clipper Windpower web site:
http://www.clipperwind.com/productline.html

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In the world of large-scale wind energy, reliability equates to project success. It's the unscheduled downtime that brings the highest risk with costs that can literally jeopardize a project's profitability. Clipper's patented 2.5 MW Liberty Wind Turbine moves beyond current wind technology reliability constraints to address the drivers of traditional unscheduled maintenance expense, namely downtime associated with gearbox stresses, and significant costs associated with unplanned large crane call-outs.

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